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Proverbs 21:10
10The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Proverbs 21:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Evil people desire evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Context of Proverbs 21:10
8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 9Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them. 11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge. 12The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:10 word by word
נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָ֭שָׁע אִוְּתָה־רָ֑ע לֹא־יֻחַ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֣יו רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:10
- Proverbs 3:29Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
- Proverbs 12:12The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.
- Psalms 36:4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
- Psalms 52:2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
- Mark 7:21For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
- James 4:1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?
- 1 John 2:16For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.’ ”
- Psalms 112:5Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
- Isaiah 32:6For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the Lord; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
- Micah 3:2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
- James 2:13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:4Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 The evil desires of a wicked man's heart, lead to baseness in his conduct.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Evil people do not just do bad things; they are bad. No argument will change their behavior.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. So strongly does he desire to do evil (Psa 10:3; Ec 8:11), that he will not even spare his friend if in his way.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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